Lemuel J. Alston

Lemuel James Alston (1760-1836) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-SC 8) from 4 March 1807 to 3 March 1811, interrupting Elias Earle's terms.

Biography
Lemuel James Alston was born in Granville County, North Carolina in 1760, and he moved to South Carolina after the American Revolutionary War and settled in Greenville. He became a lawyer and served in the State House from 1789 to 1790 and in the US House of Representatives in 1807 to 1811, and he moved to Grove Hill, Clarke County, Alabama in 1816. From 1816 to 1821, he served on the county court, and he died in 1836.